2015 GlobeDocs Film Festival Announces Film Screenings

BOSTON, Sept. 11, 2015 /PRNewswire/ -- The inaugural GlobeDocs Film Festival will premiere on Wednesday, October 7, 2015, celebrating documentary films and filmmakers and inspiring audiences to experience Boston as a cornerstone of documentary filmmaking. This five-day festival is a signature event of HUBweek, Boston's week-long celebration of the integration of art, science and technology.

The GlobeDocs Film Festival will include screenings of twelve new feature-length films and a program of shorts, as well as insightful post-screening conversations with the filmmakers and top journalists from The Boston Globe.  Screenings will be held at theaters around Boston. 

The festival is being curated by Lisa Viola, Director of Programming for the GlobeDocs Film Festival.  She brings exceptional experience to the role, having served for many years as a programmer at the Provincetown International Film Festival and Sundance Film Festival.

"Documentary films and filmmakers play an incredibly important role in our society, allowing us to explore issues, showcase experiences, and take audiences on a journey," said Viola. "At the GlobeDocs Film Festival, we'll feature some of the best documentaries produced recently, both from Boston and across the nation.  We want people to view films they might not otherwise see, and consider ideas that can expand their thinking." 

The festival will kick-off with a screening of Most Likely to Succeed at the Coolidge Corner Theatre at 7 p.m. followed by an opening-night reception.  The festival will close with a screening of Fastball on Saturday, October 10, at 7 p.m. More information and tickets are available at BostonGlobe.com/filmfest.

The following films will be screened at the festival:

• The Armor of Light. Directed by Abigail Disney. BOSTON PREMIERE Co-presented with The DocYard
• Circus Without Borders. Directed by Susan Gray. Co-presented with IFFBoston
• Containment. Directed by Peter Galison and Robb Moss. BOSTON PREMIERE
• The Diplomat. Directed by David Holbrooke. An HBO Documentary Film. BOSTON PREMIERE
• Drunk Stoned Brilliant Dead: The Story of the National Lampoon. Directed by Douglas Tirola. BOSTON PREMIERE
• Fastball. Directed by Jonathan Hock. NEW ENGLAND PREMIERE
• In My Father's House. Directed by Ricki Stern and Annie Sundberg. BOSTON PREMIERE
• Most Likely to Succeed. Directed by Greg Whiteley BOSTON PREMIERE
• Requiem for the American Dream. Directed by Jared P. Scott, Peter Hutchinson and Kelly Nykes. BOSTON PREMIERE
• The State of Marriage. Directed by Jeff Kaufman. BOSTON PREMIERE
• Stink! Directed by Jon Whelan. Co-presented with Bright Lights Film Series at Emerson College.

Shorts Program:  Inside Their World

• The 414s: The Original Teenage Hackers. Directed by Michael Vollman.
• The Bad Boy of Bowling. Directed by Bryan Storkel. 
• Call of Duty. Directed by Matt Lenski.
• Every Day. Directed by Gabe Spitzer.
• Food for Thought, Food for Life. Directed by Susan Rockefeller.
• Silenced in Southie. Directed by Evan Dolan. 

All screening dates and times as well as information on tickets and patron passes can be found at BostonGlobe.com/filmfest

The first-ever recipient of the newly launched Boston Globe Filmmakers Fund Award will be announced during the festival.  This award was established by The Boston Globe in 2014 and supports up-and-coming filmmakers with an annual grant while furthering Boston's role as an epicenter of documentary film. 

"There are so many reasons why Boston is a natural home for a documentary film festival," said Linda Henry, managing director of The Boston Globe.  "We have some of the top documentary programs shaping and pushing the boundaries of filmmaking at universities here. We have a smart and engaged population that is interested in the deep, thoughtful and thought-provoking storytelling that documentaries excel at delivering.  We have many of the leading lights of documentary film living in our midst.  Local producers such as WGBH are the largest producers of public television nationally."  Linda continued, "The Boston Globe is proud to serve as a catalytic convener locally and nationally of this vibrant documentary community."

The 2015 GlobeDocs Film Festival has partnered with ArtsBoston, a local nonprofit organization with a mission to support and grow the arts and cultural sector of Greater Boston. ArtsBoston provides public outreach, market knowledge and guidance to more than 175 arts and cultural organizations and is celebrating its 40^th Anniversary in 2015.

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